Research on Art Creative Teaching

摘要

The education theories in Taiwan during the last 30 years are heavily influenced by trends of postmodern art. Therefore, design teaching that emphasizes practicality has received more attention in national art curriculum. The first author is an elementary school art teacher who have planned T-shirt-design activity for the last 6 years, to analyze students’ design abilities and aesthetic expression in the pseudorealistic stage. On this research, the results of questionnaires were analysis with SPSS 18.0, and interviews were also conducted. The results revealed 77% of students were able to create variations of the provided motifs, reflecting their abilities to create their own designs. The students tended to use pure and warm colors required guidance to create complicated designs. The students demonstrated ability to use Chinese, English, and numbers to convey their thoughts and feelings. The results also showed that the T-shirt-design creative teaching activity could stimulate elementary students’ creativity.